We have seen top players sometimes go to new clubs & take a whole year to settle, nervous or off the pace, yet kids are often expected to be spot on from their first game without the same consideration.
I would like Maffeo Angelino etc to stay at City this season & work with Pep even if they only get on occasionally. Spend this season doing the development they should have had last year, then see where they are up to by the end of the season. Same with Denayer, Garcia etc.
I wish Jack Byrne had stayed at the club now.
You maybe right, they may develop better here under Pep. I just thought Maffeo's performance on Wednesday was one of a player in need of experience which I think he could get with a 6 month loan at a challenging level. Maybe stay here until Jan and then loan maybe the best way to develop him this season?
Byrne's a strange case. You would have thought he would have spent the start of pre season with the new manager to at least show him what he's got, even if the plan was still to go out on loan.